Immigrant Dream: Return Home and Support Services

immigrant dream: FAMILY PHOTO By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Sun., April 2, 2017 Mercedes Benitez is faced with the choice of returning to her developmentally delayed son in the Philippines or staying in Canada and fulfilling her family's immigrant dream without him, according to Toronto Star. To return home, the temporary foreign worker would lose her job and the much needed income in Canada not to mention a chance to become a permanent resident in the country. Immigration officials estimated that Harold could require support services worth as much as 115,000 over five years. By staying here, she could continue to be the breadwinner but be separated from Harold, 18, who has been deemed inadmissible by Canadian immigration officials because of his developmental disabilities, and her husband, Romeo, their son's primary caregiver. It is heartbreaking. It is my dream to bring my family to Canada for a better life, said Benitez, 46, who came to Canada in 2008 under the caregiver program and applied for permanent residency for her and her family after she met the two-year live-in employment requirement in 2010. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.